Introductory text

PENSIONS

Made 7th March 1995

Laid before Parliament 9th March 1995

Coming into force 31st March 1995

The Lord Chancellor (in relation to holders of qualifying judicial office in England and Wales and Northern Ireland) and the Secretary of State for Scotland (in relation to holders of qualifying judicial office in Scotland), as the appropriate authorities designated for the purposes of section 141 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993^f1 and section 137 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993^f2 as having responsibility for the public service pension scheme established under the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993^f3, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by those sections, hereby make the following Order:—

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Footnotes

f1: 1993 c. 48. Section 141(1) provides that an Order under that section shall be made by the “appropriate authority” which, by virtue of section 141(2), shall be the Minister of the Crown or government department designated by the Treasury as having responsibility for the pension scheme in question.
f2: 1993 c. 49. Section 137 makes similar provision in respect of the “appropriate authority” to section 141 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993.
f3: 1993 c. 8.